You can sponsor this page

Hypsibarbus malcolmi (Smith, 1945)

Goldfin tinfoil barb
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Image of Hypsibarbus malcolmi (Goldfin tinfoil barb)
Hypsibarbus malcolmi
Picture by Warren, T.


Lao country information

Common names: Pa khao lan, Pa pak kom, Pa pak nouat
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Aloun, P., 2006
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mekong River (Ref. 30857, 43281) at Ban Hang Khone, a village on an island in the middle of the mainstream Mekong River just below the Great Khone Waterfalls in Khong District, Champasak Province (Ref. 37767). Also Ref. 37768, 44002.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Cyprininae
Etymology: Hypsibarbus: Greek, hypsi = high + Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Smith.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2366 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2366): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1228): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2366